The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations 1996

has the meaning given in regulation 40(5) and “the prescribed maximum” the meaning given in regulation 40(4).

means a person who the employing authority are satisfied would be or be treated as a LGPS member but for a relevant disqualification.

means employment of one of the following kinds, namely—

means a person who satisfies the conditions mentioned in regulation 6(1);

includes office and service;

includes any instrument made under an Act;

means a period of employment— (a) in an independent school (within the meaning of section 114(1) of the Education Act 1944);

means such compensation as is mentioned in regulation 9;

means any scheme or arrangement comprised in one or more instruments or agreements and having effect (or being capable of having effect) in relation to one or more descriptions or categories of employments so as to provide benefits, in the form of pensions or otherwise, payable on termination of service, on death or on retirement, to or in respect of earners with qualifying service in an employment of any such description or category.

means any increases under that Act.

has the same meaning as in the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971;

means an instalment of an allowance for life or other period (other than annual compensation under these Regulations) granted to the surviving spouse by the deceased’s employing authority, in consequence of or as compensation for the loss of the deceased’s former employment, under an enactment, or a contract or arrangement with that authority (excluding a payment which is an excepted payment in relation to that employment).

has the meaning given in regulation 8(3)(b).

means a water company scheme within the meaning of the 1986 Regulations, the Universities' Superannuation Scheme and any occupational pension scheme—

has the meaning given in regulation 7(1);

means— (a) a scheduled body within the meaning of the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987;

means—

means long-term compensation or retirement compensation—

means any instrument made under any provision to the like effect in any other enactment.

means, subject to paragraph (4), any period of employment with respect to which the employing authority are satisfied—

means the aggregate amount of any lump sum payments made to the eligible person by his employing authority in consequence of or as compensation for the loss of his former employment (other than lump sum compensation or any payment which is an excepted payment in relation to that employment), being payments made under an enactment or a contract or arrangement with that authority.

means the Redundancy Payments Pensions Regulations 1965;

means the Superannuation Act 1972;

means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978;

means the Local Government (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations 1982;

means the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986;

means the Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations 1996;”

means—

means the percentage specified in the Table in Schedule 1 in relation to a person of the eligible person’s age and sex.

means the annual rate at which an official pension would for the time being be payable if it had begun on 1st April 1994 and had then been payable at an annual rate of £1,450.

means the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1995;

means the authority who, in accordance with regulation 31, pay the compensation.

means 3.75 per cent. of the aggregate of—

means the following assumptions—

means—

means—

has the meaning given in the LGPS Regulations.

includes any period of special service (other than special service consisting of periods of unpaid leave or other unpaid absence from duty);